I appreciate you guys for covering sciatica. The pain feels like electrical shocks running through my nerves. It can be terribly painful. Take care everyone 🌻
A couple months ago my sciatica was so bad I was having a panic attack the whole day seemingly and just constant nausea. When I had anxiety my first impulse was to sit down to relax, but I couldn't relax while sitting because all my muscles were tense from the pain. So I was just trying to sleep all day at one point because this was where I felt the least pain. I made it worse because any time I would treat it I would treat the location that was feeling the pain, when in reality it was compressed nerves in my lower back.
Last Autumn I had a slipped lumbar disc, confirmed by MRI scan. Musculoskeletal person said: walking, exercise bike / cycling, & swimming. Don't sit for extended periods, if you need a short rest lay down but keeping active is the key. Latest research doesn't support all the old ideas from 20 years ago. I needed pharmaceuticals to help deal with the intense pain during the initial weeks. It can take over 6 months for sciatic nerve to recover. Don't overdo things & try to avoid the triggers without handicapping yourself. Hot water bottle may help blood flow & relax muscles. Best wishes to all dealing with nerve damage - it's a torture at times, find things to do that you like, keeping positive is important. Im 70 years old with some degradation of lumbar discs, I can walk for an hour or so, with a bit of lower back ache, cutting toenails is a challenge, as is weeding the garden. Am finally paying a gardener to help, not great for my self-esteem, but it allows me to still grow food. X
Thanks for sharing the tips! I’m only 20 and I never knew how debilitating sciatica is. It’s been a struggle to keep a positive mindset, but reading your post gives me motivation! Hope all is well 😁
I'm 69, had back surgery 21 years ago for a ruptured L5/S1. I never took the big time painkillers I was sent home with, went back to work doing physical labor (moderate heavy lifting), never missed a day of work for anything until I retired and never suffered sciatic pain again (had it pre-surgery, worst pain I'd ever suffered). I can do anything I want in retirement and appreciate how lucky I have been. I had a great Mayo neurosurgeon though.
I have terrible sciatica; these are all the things I’ve learned to do myself. My physio was more bending and stretching over and down…which isn’t practical at work or out in public! Thank you for being more understanding about everything you teach. 💖
Thank you both. I’m 30 years old and slipped a disc for the first time last week. The pain has been terrible specifically with my newfound sciatica. This video was very well explained. Appreciate you both and hopefully this helps me slowly get back to my previously very active lifestyle.
Again ! I love you guys you’re so funny and helpful. I’m 23 and have horrible sciatica pains, your videos have helped me so much. Thanks you 😊 ps. love the theme song.
Thank God for both of you been dealing with sciatica pain in the tale bone area for a month or so now. You have given me a way to walk without the pain. I still have the pain when sitting and will keep watching your vids till I find a solution that helps me to fully recover. My prayers are with you Bob and your family, may Jesus give you strength to go through what you are going thru and peace upon you and your whole family.
I've had sciatica on/of for years. Had 3 spine surgeries and been told I need more. I refuse to give in to the surgery again. Recently retired, I can now devote more time to walking, limit sitting (the computer work all day was terrible for my back) and sleeping with a contour pillow between my knees. Today, I'm free of sciatica but, I know that I have to be very careful in my body mechanics to keep it calmed down. Thank you for the tips today, I'll be using them!
I did the best thing for my sciatca... Gave up the chiroQUACKtor...lost weight...and follow Bob and Brads exercise advice... Now my wallet is fatter and I feel better..
@@chiro-quack-tor2108 I had a friend many years ago who kept going to his chiropractor to get his back manipulated for his back pain. I was at his house when the ambulance came for him. He had surgery for a ruptured disc. Can you imagine the pain from getting your back adjusted with a ruptured disc? His career in auto body repair was over though & he retrained to fix musical instruments.
I have had good results walking, but sad to say, I get lazy, so thanks for the reminder, and the humor. It's not funny to be in pain, so a little laughter helps.
I can't tell you guys how much I appreciate you both!!! You're so knowledgeable and funny!! Thank you so much for sharing these videos. They help so many people!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Bob and Brad, never heard of modified walking. I had a significant protusion on the L5 disc. 4 yrs later the pain hasnt completely gone. Greetings from Ireland
Seeing all these comments of people still in pain and not able to find solutions hurts me deeply. I was in the same boat for 8+ years, PT programs/chiros/eastern medicine/massage etc. Nothing worked. I was in a car accident when i was 24. I was told that I would be in a wheelchair by the time i was 26. Diagnosed with severe degen disc disease/SI joint damage as well as sciatica. I am pain free today and 100%. There are answers out there. I hope no one loses hope through their own personal journey. I also tried Dr. Mcgill's work. While it did help to work on keeping my body out of certain poor spinal positions/learn to hip hinge everything etc... that ended up only being a band aid (though it did help!) and not a true solution. I appreciate the work that Bob and Brad do to try to help others. People out there most certainly need the help.
Watched your interview with Dr. McGill last night. It was great. Have been doing his Big3 every day for about a month. Even though I've been doing lots of core work for some time, the improvement was nearly immediate and powerful. I'm 75 BTW. The Big 3 are strenuous, but not impossible.
I appreciate you guys so much. I have bad back low down and also varicose veins. My flexibility is terrible,you are helping me so much. Love you please get well soon Bob. Love from Brighton UK,. Enza 🥰🥰
Me too... I wasted thousands of dollars on chiroQUACKtors only to realize that they are not real doctors... I dicovered Osteopaths ( real medical back doctor and surgeon ) and Bob and Brads exercise advice... Best of all.. Bob and Brads exercise advice is FREE... chiroQUACKtors are graduates from Snap Crackle and Pop college in Des Moines Iowa... I'm still angry about the thousands I wasted on the clown back doctors...
Quick outdoor walking on grass helps me a lot Indoor walking flares up my sciatica .radiating pain numb weak unstable feeling walking inside..plus all the turning and shifting inside Walk outside frequently for sure ..
Mark, it sounds like you may need to approach this with a differant option. We have 40 videos with great content specfically for sciatica that come with Free PDF printouts of content and exercises. Go to Bobandbrad.com and clik on the PROGRAMS tab, then on the sciatica title. The videos will be very handy to pick out what you neeb by title. This is completely Free. I wish you well. Brad
It's a tough problem ....have it...the electrical running down the legis awful. I found your channel when I was helolesd searching for solutions .Thanks guys you are God send
🤔😮 we still have one hour left in the day Pacific Standard Time and this video already has 6028 views in just the first 24 hours or less since I'm sure they didn't upload it at 1 this morning. They must be providing some very valuable information!
I love these guys.... I gave up on chiroQUACKtors... Lost weight and follow Bob and Brads exercise advice... My wallet is fatter and I feel better... It makes me angry about how much money I wasted... Best of all Bob and Brads exercise advice is FREE.. .
Hello, B & B. I've been watching your videos since I have my ACL reconstruction surgery about a year ago. Any good suggestion on strengthening leg muscles for me? Thanks. 😄
Thank you so much for all of your information. I have a herniated disc with sciatica and I am trying decompression and walking along with some laser therapy.
After a slipped disc my "weird feeling / partial loss of feeling" took a few months to reduce. 10 months later I still have a strange feeling to 2 ot the inner toes, musculoskeletal person said that it is typical of the condition. There is no magic bullet, need to keep active without triggering back issues eg walking, swimming, exercise bike. For me it's also a mental challenge of facing a different reality. Be kind to yourself.
Idk what's wrong with my back after a car accident 3 years ago. but this "decomposition" makes my spine feel like it's going to rip apart. I just want to wake up without severe back pain for once
I had sciatica from a disk pressing on the L5 nerve root and literally nothing worked. Gabapentin, marijuana, high dose Advil, physical therapy, massage, nothing. Time was all that did it. It’s pretty sad that there are literally no solutions for some people. The body is really perplexing sometimes. The harshest thing of it is the protective inflammation, which in turn causes even more pain. It’s like your body is actively trying to attack you
21 years ago I had a laminectomy for the infamous L5/S1 disc rupture. No back pain, always referred down my right leg. 2 days after release I was walking a half mile per day. At that time sent home with a bottle of hydrocodone, never took any. PT was great while I was on the time but the pain was back by the time I got to my car (never did PT at home). I worked for another 13 years with no back problems, the same into 8 years of retirement. No back pain, still walk though.
Hydrocodone was prescribed for my sciatic pain prior to my MRI. I took one. Then the pills were never taken again. The side affects of the drug were merely as worse as the sciatic pain. Returned to takin acetometaphens to make the pain tolerable. Tomorrow I get the MRI results. Then I can move forward with exercises or heaven forbid, surgery.
@@PhotographybyTimWMoore 23 years ago when I had my surgery they were giving out hydrocodone like candy. I had severe pain prior to the surgery and took the pills as scheduled for a week and then when I felt better I just stopped--a mistake. I started having withdrawal but I didn't know what it was. I became weepy and thought I was going to die from the surgery. I really had no real paid post surgery, but I didn't want to take the drugs again. It was a good choice for me.
Hey bob & brad i am having electric shock in my back of ankle.i am really worried about that.from past few days i am having this issue. I have sciatica been to doctor , chiropractor.now i do back exercise is daily basis. But what about that electric shock. 🙏
My advice is stay away from chiropractors.. I wasted thousands of dollars on them only to realize that they are not real doctors.. I now see an Osteopath for my injuries and do what Bob and Brad say.. Osteopaths are real doctors covered by insurance and Bob and Brad are FREE.. I'm doing much better now and my wallet is fatter... Chiropractors are simply graduates from snap crackle and pop college in Des Moines Iowa... As time progressed I found out they are not real doctors...
I know I have sciatica because I feel the numbness, tingling, and cramping sensation in my left hamstring and hip but it’s only when I actively raise my leg or lean forward. I’m slightly lost in what to do because I’ve done the McGill big 3 religiously. Hopefully this helps
Yes a few months ago I tried to find good walking shoes and it was like going to a Lady Gaga concert the soles are so huge and puffy and distorted. I have found some help from Columbia Sports wear montrail shoes. Very minimal rise from heal, good traction, the laces and inner elastic "sock" adjust tension on the foot as you go. The laces stay tied.
New balance has great soles for walking. For outdoors salamon or merrell - both are rather expensive but extremely comfortable. You can also put an insole into your shoes
Hi Guys, T.Y, for y'alls expertise. I've had 3 lower back surgeries, last 1, 2014, Titanium plates and screws. Currently being paresis. Sciatica, switches, left or right. The Sciatica pain, is only at the waistline, causing difficult to walk. Unable to lift either legs. My walk is limited. Y'alls ideals are appreciated.
I have a solution of this pain without any medicine and exercise but before surgery. If you could join me on Instagram as a test case after surgery. No personal information is required.
Mine seems to bother me a lot when I'm in bed...can't stay on my right side very long before it really starts to hurt from my bum, down my right leg. Any suggestions for when you're in bed or lying down?
Purchase one of the contour pillows that is used between the knees. I bought one at General Dollar, best $20 I've ever spent! Plus, don't sleep on the side where you have pain, change your sleeping side and it will get better, just takes time.
Incorporate ginger and tumeric into your daily diet. It helps to reduce inflammation. And walking for short peroids everyday will calm the nerve. Also see a chiropractor that has a TENS machine. That def helps to calm the nerves tremendously. You will be pain free in no time
So Bob , please tell us what exactly was wrong with your nephew. I have a desiccated bulging disc at L5 S1 with spondyloesthesis ( spelled wrong . 3mm vertebra slippage) . I got more pain doing the assessment in the book . So I worry it may not help me . Can you please tell me how your nephew is doing and what he did to get better? Thank you so much. I’m in constant dull , and sometimes stabbing pain in the low back . Plus sciatica on both sides . My disc abuts the exiting nerves on the left and right .
Fantastic men!! Thank you!! I will be trying this at park today! People will accuse me of "tree hugging"(only park in United States without benches?)😉 Thank you !
When I preform the anterior/ posterior tilt, Instead of finding the magic spot that feels good, the spot really hurts instead. Should I still perform this movement to find a spot that doesn’t irritate the specific spot in my spine?
I just had an SI joint injection a couple days ago and it hasn't worked to cure any of the pain at all and obviously didn't help the sciatic or piriformis tear.
@@ArleneRegos Tumeric and ginger shots, tea or ginger candies. That will help with the inflammation thats causing the pain. Also top up on your B vitamins for nerve repair.
The best advice I got that works for me now was from a Osteopath ( back surgeon)...loose weight and do therapy... I wasted thousands of dollars on chiroQUACKtors only to realize that they are not real medical doctors...As you may see I'm still angry about the thousands wasted on chiroQUACKtors... My Osteopath is awesome and Bob and Brads exercise advice is FREE... These two characters are a godsend...
Awww please keep that spirit high. I know it is very depressing. I have just gone through and still have pain down the leg. Yes it is depressing because you keep wondering what you could’ve done to avoid it. Please know it’s normal. Sciatica is NOT serious and it will go away which was very heartening to know from a Harvard study. Just don’t irritate it, take it easy. My friend I know it’s disheartening sometimes. Please don’t lose heart. Know many people right now re in the same boat as you are. And know that feeling a bit depressed is normal.
The problem is you guys don't get to the point fast enough,when it comes to pain people don't want banter back and forth along with comedy,so get on with it,short and sweet please,thanks.
God bless these two! They have helped me and my family immensely. Knee pain, back pain hip pain I have shared so many videos with people. Many problems you can fix yourself while getting in shape. Try their videos before going to the doctor or taking drugs
Chiropractic care can be helpful but it is not, by far, the only way. If you'd like to talk i have actually studied under Dr. Stu McGill for over 5 years with incredible success with my clients.
Stay away from chiroQUACKtors... I wasted thousands of dollars on them only to realize that they are not real medical doctors... They are graduates from Snap Crackle and Pop college in Des Moines Iowa... The American medical association refuses to recognize these clowns as medical professionals and for very good reasons... Palmer college was started by a looney man that talked with dead people... As you can see I'm still angry about the thousands I wasted... Osteopaths are real spinal surgeons and doctors... Best of all... Bob and Brads exercise advice is FREE..
There are good and bad chiropractors. Fortunately, I've been blessed to find good ones. They have helped me tremendously. Just 4 days ago I was literally screaming in pain and after a chiropractor visit, was able to get relief from the debilitating pain. All the medical doctor did was send me away with muscle relaxers and ibuprofen.
